Improvement in articulated toy figures



a. H. CHINNOGK. V Articulated Toy-Figures. i'

No. 168,230. I Patent edSept.28,l875.

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GEORGE E. onmNooK," on BROOKLYN, .nnw YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN ARTlCU'LATED TOY FIGURES.

Speification fOIl-llillg part Of Letters Patent No. 168,230, dated September 28, 1875; application filed September 2, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, GEORGE E. OHINNocK,

of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Figures, of which the following'is a specification:

This invention relates to certain improvements in theconstruction of jointed or articulated figures or toys, its object being topro- 'vide an improved joint or connection for attaching the various members of the figure, or

two or more figures, together, that will hold the parts more securely together than the joints usually employed, and at the same time- "slot in the other by means of a pin and a slotted opening in the link, the adjoining parts of the members being, respectively, concave and convex, so that they may be turned laterally in either direction, as fully hereinafter described and specified.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front View of my invention, and -Fig. 2 a detached View of the connectinglink.

The various members of the figure or figures are constructed, as usual, in different parts, and slotted where said parts adjoin each other, for the reception of the connecting link, upon which the figure or figures may be mounted, as usual. In the present invention two figures are represented, consisting of a man riding a hippopotamus, and indicated by the letters A and B, the letter 0 representing the slotted stand. It is obvious, however, that the character of the figures may be varied indefinitely,

and all classes of animals represented. The

- adjoining parts of the various members are made, respectively, with convex and concave surfaces, which construction allows the parts to move laterally. The letter D represents the connecting-link, by means of which said members are joined together. Each link is composed of a flat plate of metal or other suitable material, preferably formed with concave edges at the sides, and convex edges at theends, although other shapes will answerthe purpose. Said links are provided with apertures d at one end, and open eyes or slots (1 at the other, and are attached permanently in the slots of one member or part by means of a pin passing through the opening, and are adapted to be secured in the adjoining part of the next adjacent member, in the slotted portion of which a pin is secured, over which the eye or slot d is secured. The link D, forming the attachment between the upper and lower trunks of the figure, is secured, through its aperture 01, to the center of the upper part of the trunk, the point of attachment of the said link to the lower trunk being at either of the hips, in order that the two portions of the body may set closely to each other, and the curved surfaces of the adjoining portions work properly together. The head is also similarly attached to the body, the link being pivoted to the center of the neck, the pin over which it is to be hooked being located atthe shoulders. Similar pins are also secured in the slotted base piece or stand 0, for the purpose of securing the figures thereto.

The figures are constructed of wood or other suitable material, the various members being made of uniform thickness. The designs are properly printed upon paper or other similar fabric, and are applied to the wood, being secured thereto by means of glue or other adhesive compound, after which the members are cut out of the wood by sawing around the outlines of such designs, and one or both sides of the figures may be covered with such designs, which are printed in rights and lofts for the purpose.

From the above description it will be evident that, when the members of the figure or figures are connected together, the whole may be made to assume a variety of positions b shifting them in various directions.

The peculiar construction of the connectinglink, and the means of attachment of the'same, together with the concave and convex surfaces, of the adjoining portions of the members, maintain the figures in any position which may be given to them, independent of any clamping action at the joints, as in the ordinary articulated figures; and,,as the links form secure connections, it will be impossible to separate the parts of the figure, except desi'gnedly, a great advantage over the figures of the class as ordinarily constructed, the parts of which.

and loosely attached and secured to the other by means of a slot in said link, arranged to engage a pin'secured to the other part, for the purpose of allowing freedom of motion to the members, and the ready disengagement of said parts, substantially as described.

2. The metallic slotted link, pivoted to one member of an articulated toy figure, and adapted to be secured to the adjoining portion of the adjacent member, for the purpose of connecting said parts, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

' GEORGE H. GHINNOGK. Witnesses:

J os. L. GooMBs,

CHAS. P. WEBSTER. 

